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All my assertions that the Trent affair would not lead to war were received here with incredulity, by the Government, by my colleagues, by all parties.
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Sumner expresses his frustration at the disbelief surrounding his predictions about the Trent affair and its implications for war.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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